Workers' Compensation News
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Group Self-Insurance Trust's Claim for Payment of Assessment Revived | 04/02/2025 | |
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
A New York appellate court overturned a finding that a group self-insurance trust’s claim for payment from a former member was time-barred. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill Raising Age for Comp Judges | 04/01/2025 | |
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State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill that, among other things, raises the minimum age for workers' compensation judges to 35 from 30. The g...Read More | |||
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Golden State's Share of Payroll Drops as Its Benefit Payments Increase | 03/27/2025 | |
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California's share of wages paid to workers covered by workers' compensation dropped in 2022 while the state's share of cash and medical benefits paid to injured workers increased, according to a bulletin the California Workers' Compensation Institute published Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Approves Attorney Fee Increase | 03/25/2025 | |
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State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
Attorneys representing injured workers in New Mexico are in for a raise in June after the governor signed a bill to increase fees by more than 33%. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Proposes Reforms to Improve Medical Treatment Access | 02/27/2025 | |
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday announced a package of legislative and regulatory reforms intended to improve injured workers' access to medical treatment. ...Read More | |||
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General Assembly Passes Bill Clarifying Throat Cancer Presumption | 02/21/2025 | |
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State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
Virginia lawmakers passed a bill clarifying the throat cancer presumption for specified first responders. Existing law presumes certai...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill Aiming to Clarify Mental Stress Coverage | 02/19/2025 | |
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill adopting different compensability standards for mental health claims that depend on the work performed by the claimant. ...Read More | |||
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General Assembly Passes Bill to Clarify Throat Cancer Presumption | 02/13/2025 | |
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State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Virginia lawmakers passed a bill clarifying conditions that are included in the presumption that throat cancer is compensable for first responders. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Reappoints Sean Quinn to Comp Court | 01/28/2025 | |
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State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz for a second time reappointed Sean M. Quinn to a six-year term as a judge on the state's Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals. ...Read More | |||
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Governor Signs Bill to Expand Warehouse Worker Protections | 01/02/2025 | |
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State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill that would build on warehouse worker protections enacted in 2022. The governor o...Read More | |||
